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` i HENRY n. AsIMoNfE-oE DELETE, MINNEsorA, AssIeNoE oE oNE-HALETO 4ALEEED II. IIAEsToN, 0E sAME PLAGE. f

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SPECIFICATION formingfpartof `Letters Patent No. 288,611, dated November ""20, 1883.

Application led August 1, 1883. (No model.)

To all' whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRiI.r H. AsIMoNfr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and -useful Sash-Holder, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to sash-holders5 and 1o it has for its object to provide means possessing superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, inexpensiveness, and general efficiency. To these ends the said invention consists inV certain details of construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved sash-holder 2o applied in position to a window. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the sash-holder, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the op erating-lever.

The same letters refer to corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the window-sash, and B the sash-frame in which the sash works. Attached to the sash-frame, and projecting outward from the same, is a 3o bracket `or bedfplate, C, provided with an eX- tension, c,.and`pivoted to the extension by bolt d is a swinging lever, D. A washer, e, is interposed between the lever and the eXtension of the bracket, and serves to keep the lever from working loose. The swinging lever consists of a bar pivoted at its center to the extension c, as before stated, and provided L "at its ends with T-shaped heads E F, which are bent around so as to inclose blocks of rub- 4o ber or othersuitable material. The head E at the upper end of the` lever is larger than the other head, and consequently the block of rubber contained in the head E is correspondingly larger, and thus the upper end of the lever will be heavier than the lower end. The

object of this construction is to afford a tendency for the upper end of the lever to deand efcient.

scend against the sash, so that the swinging lever will hold itself against the same.

rlhe operation of my invention is obvious. When it is desired to raise the sash, the swing` ing lever is thrown up so that the upper end,

'with its head E, lies against the sash. Then raise the same to the required height and let go of the sash, and as the sash strikes against the block G of the head E the swinging lever is moved slightly on its pivot, which causes the blocks of rubber to bear or press against the said sash, and thereby hold the same perfectly secure. To lower the sash, reverse the lever so that the lower end, with its head` F, lies against the sash, then lower the sash, and when let down to its fullest extent the head F, with its block of rubber, will lock the sash down.

My improved sash-holder is simple, durable, It will hold the sash securely at any desired height, and will also fasten the same when closed down. These are a few of the numerous advantages attained by the use f of my improved sash-holder.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new- In a sash-holder, the combination of the sash and sash-frame, a bracket or plate secured 1 to the sashframe and provided with an extension, c, and a swinging lever pivoted centrally to said extension, and consisting of a metallic bar formed with T-shaped heads, which are bent around so as to inclose blocks of rubber i or equivalent material, the upper head with its block being formed larger than the lower head, in order to give a tendency for the upper end of the lever to drop down against the sashframe, all arranged and operating for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature vin presence of two witnesses.

HENRY H. ASIMONT.

Witnesses:

Rien. F. MARVIN, T. H. HAwKEs, J r.

It is hereby oertied that in Letters Patent No. 288,611, granted November 20, 1883, upon theapplioation of Henry H. Asimont, of Duluth, Minnesota, for an improvement in Sash-Ho1ders,7 the name of the assignee of one-half interest in said invention was Written and printed Alfred H. Harstom7 that said name should have beenvvritten and printed Alfred H. Hartson les and records pertaining to the oase in the Patent Office, and should be read in the and that the proper correction has been made in the patent to make it conform thereto.

Signed, oountersigned, and sealed this 18th day of December, A. D. 1883.

[SEAL] M. L. JOSLYN,

Acting Secretary of the Interior'. Countersigned BENJ. BUTTERWORTH,

Commissioner of Patents. 

